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SAN FRANCISCO — You might want to watch what you say on your way in
and out of court.

According to court papers filed Friday, federal agents placed secret
recording devices in at least three locations around the entrance to
the San Mateo County courthouse in Redwood City without first getting
judicial approval.

The courthouse bugs were used in 2009 and 2010 to investigate bid-rigging
at public foreclosure auctions. Their existence surfaced in a motion